Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 1.7 times bigger than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 66% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (30.5 million fewer people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
United Kingdom
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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